About SNAP GK

SNAP has undergone a slight change in terms of the questions that they used to test the students on. SNAP has revamped and changed the name of GK section to ‘Current Affairs of last 2 years’. (At least now we know what to study). The GK Section in SNAP is of 30 marks out of a total of 150 marks which is around 20% of the entire paper. Since most of the MBA aspirant focus more on Quants, LR-DI and Verbal, they tend to ignore this section during their initial stages of preparation and hence find it difficult to cope up with GK syllabus of SNAP in last 2 months. However, with a smart approach you can easily ace the SNAP GK section in 2 months.

Why prepare for GK for SNAP Exam?

Least time consuming and scoring.

As a backup option if you are weak in either Verbal/LR/Quants.

Helpful during GD/PI/WAT.

Requires the least amount of time to prepare.

The fact remains that you cannot win the SNAP battle without a good GK score. The ways to face GK may be many but the only thing that remains constant is you need to respect GK and not neglect it.

Let’s test your GK for SNAP 2017

Try this GK quiz specially designed for SNAP 2017 to see where you stand.

How to prepare for SNAP GK

Following are Important topics for SNAP GK
Business-related – You will find the majority of questions in SNAP GK from this topic, it includes questions related to mergers and acquisitions, CEO/COO/Chairman of various companies, important deals signed by the companies, new products launched and Taglines of different companies.

FunFact – Hockey is not the national sport of India. India does not have a national sport.

National and International News – This is probably the toughest and least scoring part of the SNAP GK section, because of it’s vast nature scoring becomes very difficult in this section. Questions from this topic may include

1. List of countries on Trump’s travel ban list?

2. The ‘Freedom of Oxford’ honor will be withdrawn from whom for failing to address allegations of ethnic cleansing?

3. Name the 2 African countries that President Ram Nath Kovind will visit during his first overseas visit.

4. The first US crude oil cargo of 1.6 million barrels bought by Indian Oil Corporation from the US will arrive at which Indian Port?

To score well in this section, reading newspaper daily is a must!

Difficulty level – Hard

FunFact – There are only 3 Countries in the world that aren’t part of Paris climate agreement.

Government Schemes and Rankings – This is a new edition into the SNAP exam ( thanks to Modi Ji). You can expect 1-2 questions from this topic.

There are 3 things that you will have to learn for Rankings/Index

1. Country who topped that Index
2. India’s rank in that Index
3. Who publishes that Index

Following are few important Rankings/Indexfor SNAP GK

1. Ease of Doing Business Index

2. Foreign Direct Investment Confidence Index

3. Human Development Index

4. World Happiness Index

5. Global Retail Development Index

Following are few important government schemes for SNAP GK

Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana

Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan

Soil Health Card Scheme

Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao Yojana

Udaan Scheme

UJWAL Discom Assurance Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana

Difficulty level – Moderate to Hard

FunFact – Jan Dhan Yojana has also featured in Guinness Book of World Records (Most bank accounts opened in one week, 18,096,130)

Conclusion

Ignoring GK completely is not the best strategy if one want’s to ace the SNAP Exam. Sufficient amount of time should be allocated to GK on a daily basis, don’t wait for those last few days to begin the preparation. If you want to be a 99 percentiler, GK is a must for you. (GK can completely turn around your scores.)

Still Confused ?

Have any more queries related to SNAP GK? If Yes, make sure to post it on Admito with #GK so that Sarthak can give you an expert advice for the same. If No, Great, all the best of for the SNAP exam.

About the Author

Sarthak Mehrotra is a Marketing analyst by profession but a GK nerd by heart. Having scored 99+% several times in different competitive exam and having worked with top-notch GK websites, he is now on his way to become an entrepreneur. GKGUY is a brainchild of Sarthak, offering highly sophisticated GK material for MBA aspirants.